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The ASM Communications program is governed by the ASM Communications Committee, a committee of ASM member microbiologist volunteers. The vision of the ASM Communications Committee is universal understanding and appreciation of microbes.
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Resistance to Last-Line Antibiotic Makes Bacteria Resistant to Immune System
WASHINGTON, DC – May 21, 2013 – Bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin are also commonly resistant to antimicrobial substances made by the human body, according to a study in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Cross-resistance to colistin and host antimicrobials LL-37 and lysozyme, which help...
05-21-2013
Bacterial Spare Parts Filter Antibiotic Residue from Groundwater
DENVER, CO – May 21, 2013 – Researchers at University of Cincinnati have developed and tested a solar-powered nano filter that is able to remove harmful carcinogens and antibiotics from water sources – lakes and rivers – at a significantly higher rate than the currently used filtering technology made of activated...
05-18-2013
Intestinal Bacteria Protect against E. coli O157:H7
DENVER – CO – May 20, 2013 – A cocktail of non-pathogenic bacteria naturally occurring in the digestive tract of healthy humans can protect against a potentially lethal E. coli infection in animal models according to research presented today at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. The research, conducted...
05-18-2013
Food Laboratory Accuracy Remains a Concern
DENVER, CO – May 20, 2013 – Food microbiology laboratories continue to submit false negative results and false positive results on a routine basis. A retrospective study of nearly 40,000 proficiency test results over the past 14 years, presented today at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology,...
05-18-2013
Engineered Microbes Grow in the Dark
DENVER, CO – May 19, 2013 – Scientists at the University of California, Davis have engineered a strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria to grow without the need for light. They report their findings today at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology.
05-18-2013
Bacteria Use Hydrogen, Carbon Dioxide to Produce Electricity
DENVER, CO – May 19, 2013 – Researchers have engineered a strain of electricity-producing bacteria that can grow using hydrogen gas as its sole electron donor and carbon dioxide as its sole source of carbon. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst report their findings at the 113th General Meeting of...
05-18-2013
Microbes capture, store, and release nitrogen to feed reef-building coral
WASHINGTON, DC – May 14, 2013 – Microscopic algae that live within reef-forming corals scoop up available nitrogen, store the excess in crystal form, and slowly feed it to the coral as needed, according to a study published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Scientists have...
05-14-2013
Pathogen turns protein into a virulence factor in one easy step
WASHINGTON, DC – May 7, 2013 -- To infect its host, the respiratory pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa takes an ordinary protein usually involved in making other proteins and adds three small molecules to turn it into a key for gaining access to human cells. In a study to be published May 7 in mBio®, the...
05-07-2013
Protein Improves Efficacy of Tumor-killing Enzyme
WASHINGTON, DC – April 30, 2013 – Scientists have devised a method for delivering tumor cell-killing enzymes in a way that protects the enzyme until it can do its work inside the cell. In their study in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers assembled microscopic protein...
04-30-2013
Roundworm Quells Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders
WASHINGTON, DC – April 25, 2013 – Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, have shown in a mouse model that infection with nematodes (also known as roundworms) can not only combat obesity but ameliorate related metabolic disorders. Their research is published ahead of print online in the...
04-25-2013